The Pendulum

October 16, 2014

EAST GREENWICH- Soon to celebrate 38 years of doing business, East Greenwich Photo has found a new home on Main Street, offering a convenient location for customers.
Photographer Soozie Sundlun has been capturing moments in the lives of her customers for over three decades, and will continue to do so in their new, smaller studio, where they started years ago.

October 16, 2014

EAST GREENWICH- For the sixth year, artists will open their doors to the public during the West Bay Open Studios Tour, featuring four East Greenwich artists.
The free and self-guided tour features studios in East Greenwich, Warwick, Exeter, North Kingstown and Saunderstown, giving the public a chance to meet the artists and experience their artistic process.
The East Greenwich Artists participating are Marjorie Ball, Alice Benvie-Gebhart, Nancy Gaucher-Thomas and Jane Parillo-Rollins, each offering a different type of art to the tour.

October 9, 2014

EAST GREENWICH- The East Greenwich Town Council amended the town municipal code Monday night, further changing the standards pertaining to Wind Energy Facilities.
What was supposed to be a third reading of the amendments made to the code turned into another change, moving the third public reading to the next town council meeting on Oct. 27.

October 9, 2014

EAST GREENWICH-The East Greenwich School District is making strides towards healthier and happier students with the help of their Mental Health Assessment that was discussed at the meeting Tuesday night.
In 2013 the East Greenwich School Committee agreed to create a subcommittee to exclusively focus on the mental health of students in the district. After many revisions, a discussion was held at the meeting regarding the Mental Health Assessment and any further suggestions. Â

October 9, 2014

EAST GREENWICH - A local family will honor the lost life of a loved one by holding a 5K Road Race on Oct. 25 in her memory, remembering her in an encouraging way. Â
Almost five years after Victoria Sousa passed away of the H1N1 Flu Virus at the age of 12, her family and friends cherish her memory with the Victoria Sousa Foundation, whose mission is âto help children achieve goals that we know Victoria would have accomplished herself,â in addition to raising awareness about the flu and flu prevention.

October 2, 2014

Saturday, Oct. 4, Saint Luke's Church will host a Blessing of the Animals featuring a musical program and blessing of your beloved pets at 10:30 a.m.. Jacqueline Devillers and fellow musicians will perform music that invokes animals. This is a rain or shine event that will take place in the garden if weather permits, or otherwise in the downstairs dining room. Enjoy some music and bring your pets for a blessing. The Blessing of the Animals at Saint Luke's Church is located at 99 Peirce St., East Greenwich.

October 2, 2014

EAST GREENWICH-Following recent reports of a stray bullet hitting a home on Pardons Wood Lane, additional incidents came to light involving bullets from the National Guard Camp Fogarty ending up outside of the designated shooting range.
A 14-year East Greenwich resident has dealt with stray bullets not once, but twice since living in the area. Midge Gordon, who lives on Tillinghouse Road in EG, was on the second floor of her home in her bedroom when a bullet came through her window in November 2013.

October 2, 2014

EAST GREENWICH - The town of East Greenwich is about to get a lot greener with the help of the East Greenwich Tree Association after their first tree planting last weekend at the police department.
The new association that started last spring planted their first tree at the East Greenwich Police Department Saturday afternoon, marking the beginning of their mission to bring more trees to streets of EG.

October 2, 2014

EAST GREENWICH- Many volunteers participated in cleaning up historic cemeteries in East Greenwich last weekend, during the first day of the fall Historic Cemetery Cleanup Campaign, giving historical locations a much needed makeover.
Of the 91 historical cemeteries in East Greenwich, four of them received the care they needed Saturday morning when volunteers weeded, mowed, and cut down overgrown greenery to spruce up the locations that have been overlooked.